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OPINION: Your old mate welcomes the proposed changes to local government but notes it drew responses that ranged from the reasonable…
A conservation and hunting lobby has criticised a call by Environment Canterbury for more funding to prevent a national plague of wallabies.
Current restrictions on genetic modification regulation in New Zealand could be reviewed if National were to form the next government.
Taranaki farmer Mel Poulton was announced, this month, as the successor to New Zealand’s special agricultural trade envoy Mike Petersen.
Plenty of opportunities exist for New Zealand to sell more product to Ireland, says NZ’s ambassador there.
Alternative proteins are not seen as a threat to the red meat industry, says Beef + Lamb NZ head nutritionist Fiona Windle.
Farmers and growers need to rattle their dags for this year’s Ballance Farm Environment Awards (BFEA), with entries closing on October 31.
Beef up, sheep down, is the simple message from Beef + Lamb NZ’s latest data on the state of the national sheep flock and beef herd.
Meat and dairy prices are strong and horticulture is leaping ahead, yet farmer and business confidence in the primary sector remains low – especially dairy.
No increase in stock numbers in the sheep and beef sector is anticipated as the industry moves towards carbon neutrality, says Beef + Lamb NZ head of nutrition Fiona Windle.
What happened to the New Zealand First policy of favouring wool in Government procurement contracts?
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“Let's just say things aren’t getting any clearer.”
Regional councils won’t be anything more than “unpopular policemen” if the discussion document on freshwater goes the way the Government is proposing, says a newly elected Canterbury regional councillor.
A new endurance event is starting in Canterbury courtesy of a dairy farmer’s irrigation lake.
Age hasn't been a barrier for young vegetable grower of the year Austin Singh Purewal.
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OPINION: A press release from the oxygen thieves running the hot air symposium on climate change, known as COP30, grabbed your…
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